Ironing-table



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IRONING' TABLE.

1%. 419,797. Patented'Jan. 21, 1890.

Ariana Fries.

MATHIAS ROOS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRONING-TAB LE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,797, dated January 21, 1890. Application filed June 25, 1889 Serial No. 315,485. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATHIAS ROOS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook. and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in the class of ironing-tables adapted, when not required for use, to be folded into a compact form; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide such an ironing-table of i111 proved construction which will render it peculiarlystrong and durable and cause it to stand firmly while in use; and, second, to provide the tabletop or ironing-board with an adjustable support, whereby the board may be temporarily sustained from one end in a raised position and out of contact with the support at legs toward its opposite end while garments are being slipped over the board.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of my improved ironing-table, the raised position of the ironing-board being illdicated by dotted lines; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 a View similar to the last of the ironing-table in its folded condition.

A is the table-top or ironing-board, which may be of any desired length or shape, and is preferably provided with a sad-iron stand t. The board A is supported upon a frame comprising the side bars B B, beveled at their lower ends and connected together by cross pieces or braces s s, and the foot-board s and folding supports or legs C C. The legs C are braced and connected together by a crosspiece 4', and are pivotally secured by means of nut-bolts q to the side bars B toward the upper ends and on the outer sides of the latter, between the braces s, which project beyond the side bars and afford stops which limit the swing of the legs C, as shown. The supports 0 are braced and connected to gether by a cross-piece p, and are pivotally secured to the side bars toward the lower ends and on the inner sides of the latter be tween the braces s, which operate as stops to limit the swing of the supports C, as shown. D D are brackets pivot-ally secured to the side bars B, toward theupper extremities of the latter, and having each a flat side upon which the head of the ironing-b0arol rests to ward opposite sides, and is removably secured by means of nutbolts 0, which pass through the brackets and ironing-board.

WVhen the table is unfolded, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the foot portion of the board A rests loosely upon the upper ends of the legs C, and may be raised therefrom, owing to the pivoted connection at its head, to the position indicated by dotted lines in the said figures, to permit those garments whichrequire to be slipped over the board for the purpose of being ironed to be readily placed in position. As, and especially in the cases of the larger garments, it is usually unhandy, and consequently undesirable, to sustain the foot of the board in raised position out of contact with the legs C with the hand while slipping a garment over it, I provide an adjustable support E for the board toward the head thereof, which may be caused to sustain the board,when desired, in its said raised position. The support E comprises short arms a,

rigidly secured to an oscillatory shaft 71', which extends underneath the head of the board and has its bearings in the side bars B and handles n at opposite ends of the shaft on the outer sides of the bars B.

When it is desired to sustain the board in raised position, thearms n, which, when the board is down, are in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 2, are swung upward by turning the handle 01 to the position indicated in dotted lines in the said figure.

hen not in use, the device may be folded into the compact form shown in Fig. 3 by swinging the legs or supports C C inward to lie parallel with the side bars, against which also the foot of the ironing-board drops. To enable the legs C to lie parallel with the bars B, notches r are formed in the latter to re ceive the cross-piece r.

Should the board A become warped or injured upon its upper side, it may be readily turned over to cause its opposite side to lie uppermost, owing to the removable feature of its connection with the brackets D. The

legs C,being on the outer sides of the bars B, serve to enlarge the foundation of the table,

and to the same end the foot-board s is caused to project at opposite extremities beyond the sides of the bars B.

The foot-board s is hollowed on its under side, as shown in Fig. 1, to prevent any slight unevenness of the floor upon which the table may stand from rendering the latter unsteady by reason of the foot-board resting upon it between the side bars.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an ironing-table, the combination, with the side bars B and folding legs 0 C, of the ironing-board A, pivotally secured toward its head to the upper ends of the side bars B, and

an adjustable support E for the ironing-board, comprising short arms 71 on a rock-shaft n, journaled in the side bars near the head of the ironing-board, and handles n on the rockshaft prej ecting beyond the side bars, Whereby, when the arms 01 are turned upward, the ironing-board is sustained out of contact with the legs 0', substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

MATnIAs ROOS,

In presence of J. W. DYRENFORTH, M. J. SMALL. 

